You could use a single helper column and leave your
original column alone.

=Left(A1) & "-" & mid(A1,2,300)

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"chainsaw" wrote in message ...

I am trying to sort data in a specific manner. My column shows
1
2
3
4
5
310
3A
3B

When sorted I want it to show
1
2
3
310
3A
3B
4
5

How can I get it to sort starting with the left most character and work
to the right and then down?


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